"Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong." -"Price Pritchett
As our bodies are built through exercise to respond in a certain way, so is our mind. Ethics are not accidental. They require a "true North," a moral compass, and practice.
My friend, Joe, likes to say "muscle only grows in the presence of resistance." It is true. Strength training is a part of readiness for any soldier or athlete. In the same way, our trials and struggles are strength training for our faith.
Praying through the darkest night and hardest days is often where we come face to face with the realness of God. It is okay if it is a little scary. To be in awe of His holiness, omnipotence, and omnipresence is a natural reaction. Discovering His desire to be with us in our joys and the struggles feels big, full, and comforting, too. There are paradoxes and peace in knowing His truth and experiencing the redemption offered.
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation." -Romans 5:3-4
The more practiced and developed we are, the easier it is to make ethical, God pleasing, people loving, and good choices. The ethical choices come more naturally. Trials truly are training.
Today, I am grateful for ethics aerobics.
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